[Photo: Brunswick Early College High School ] What do surgeons, musicians and teachers have in common? According to a recent article in The New Yorker, they can all benefit from professional coachi…

It’s always exciting to win. But it’s even more exciting when winning means the potential to receive $15 million to help move North Carolina forward in its efforts to ensure that every student gra…

[Photo: Students collaborate at Wayne School of Engineering] The passing of Steve Jobs gives us all an opportunity to evaluate his accomplishments and what we can learn from them. One takeaway that…

[Photo: Students at the NCNSP-affiliated Edgecombe Early College High School] There’s a lot of talk these days about 21st Century Skills. At nearly every confab on education, the latest just-rele…

If you missed 60 Minutes last night, then take 12 minutes today to watch the interview with Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Under Hrabowski's leadership…

[Photo: Students in Becky Evans-Wilson's English class at Scotland High School] Sitting in a conference recently, I found myself facing a new reality: I am a humanities teacher AND I am a STEM educ…

You may have heard or read the statistics and numerous news stories detailing our forthcoming shortage of scientists and engineers. And yet, according the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, all of the to…

[Photo: The faculty and staff of Brunswick County Early College High School] Six years ago, an opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream showed up in a vacancy for “Principal.” Little did I kno…

I’ve done it twice. It is like walking into the biggest game of your whole life knowing the rules, but not the game that needs to be played. The audience (or in this case the students) could need ba…

Marcia Manning, principal of Columbia Early College High School, sent the following letter to NCNSP a few weeks after Hurricane Irene swamped her school and its community. It's surprising how littl…